Like most mills in the industry, this Maine-based paper and tissue mill relies heavily on renewable energy sources. It can only draw 20 MVA of power at any time from the local utility provider. So, when a 25 MW steam turbine went down, the plant was suddenly left without the power it needed to run full production. Worse still, the turbine had failed just two weeks before the plant’s annual maintenance outage, throwing off a maintenance schedule that had been in the works for months.

Luckily, Aggreko’s local team had engaged with the Mill years ahead of the event for contingency planning for their critical utilities. The mill identified this 25 MW steam turbine as an area of concern within their power distribution system. With Aggreko’s engineering support, we collaborated on a power contingency plan in the event of the steam turbine going down. The pulp and paper company asked Aggreko to step in and mobilize the contingency plan natural gas driven generators to keep the mill running while they fixed the turbine.